Monday, March 19, 2007
Nowruz نوروز
Celeberation and happiness are necessary for the life of each normal and hopeful human being. Additionally, paying attention to the beginning of the year has a meaning its meaning is for us to know that a year of our age has been finished and another year is beginning a year is gone and another year is coming. It is to remember the gone year and evaluate our goodness and bad behaviors it is to plan for the coming year and to think for goodness. It is obvious that all these behaviors should be accompanied with good well intentioned and benevolent emotions as well as happiness and hopefulness.
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In harmony with rebirth of nature, the Persian New Year Celebration, or Norooz, always begins on the
first day of spring, March 20th of each year. Norooz ceremonies are symbolic representations of two ancient concepts - the End and Rebirth. About 3000 years ago
Persian's major religion was Zoroastrianism, named in
honor of its founder Zoroaster, and arguably the world's first monotheistic religion. Zoroastrians had a festival called "Farvardgan" which lasted ten days, and took place at the end of the solar year. It appears that this was a festival of sorrow and mourning, signifying the end of life while the festival of Norooz, at the beginning of spring signified rebirth, and was a time of great joy and celebration. Norooz was officially acknowledged and
named "Norooz" by mythical Persian emperor, Shah Jamshid, from Achaemenid Dynasty (500 BC.) Ashaemenied created the first major empire in the region and built Persepolis complex (Takhte Jamshid) in the city of Shiraz. Norooz in Persian means "New Day" and brings
hope, peace and prosperity to the world and has been celebrated among people regardless of ethnic background, political views or religion in many countries around the globe such as Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Georgia, Iraq, Tajikistan, Syria ,Armenia and India. Some of the activities during Norooz are Spring cleaning,
buying new cloths, painting eggs, family reunion, giving presents, visiting neighbors and friends and
celebrating by having a picnic on the 13th day of Spring.
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